Menu

Dinner

Dolci

Brunch

$35 Sundays

Wine List

Off-site Catering

About

L'Apicio, an Italian-inspired restaurant from Executive Chef Gabe Thompson, Beverage Director Joe Campanale, and Managing Partner August Cardona (of dell'anima, L'Artusi, and Anfora), brings modern Italian food to the East Village. L'Apicio, which gets its name from the celebrated 18th Century Italian cookbook, offers a deep cocktail and wine program and pastries from Executive Pastry Chef Katherine Thompson.

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Gabe Thompson

Executive Chef

Chef Gabe Thompson, a Texas native, is responsible for the Italian food found here, as well as at L'Artusi, dell'anima, and Anfora. Returning to the United States after several travels, he began his career cooking at the five diamond awarded Little Nell in Aspen Colorado and then at Clarklewis in Portland. Gabe ultimately returned to Austin, Texas, accepting a Sous Chef position with mentor Chris Lanier at Emilia's. Three years later, Mr. Thompson moved to NYC to accept the ultimate personal challenge, a position at Eric Ripert's NY Times 4-Star seafood temple, Le Bernardin, where he learned all he could about fine dining in New York City. From there he went to cook at Del Posto, exploring refined Italian cuisine with same sort of devotion he showed throughout his years in kitchens around the world. When West Village darling dell'anima opened in October 2007, Thompson took the reigns as executive chef for the first time. Here, on a much more intimate scale, he took a lifetime of lessons in the kitchen – from selecting vegetables in his grandfather's garden to making bucatini with Mario – and re-imagined them at this contemporary neighborhood Italian restaurant and wine bar. In December 2008, Thompson opened L'Artusi, which features a larger space and kitchen for him to offer a deeper and more expansive menu, and has helped create the same loyal following at L'Artusi that he developed at dell'anima. And at Anfora, a wine bar just two doors down from dell'anima, Thompson offers guests a diverse selection of small snacks to pair with business partner Joe Campanale's wine selections, furthering his accomplishments in the kitchen. Thompson's food has been featured in publications like Food & Wine, Condé Nast Traveler, Daily Candy, New York Magazine, Bon Appetit, and the New York Times. Thompson was a Food and Wine People's Best New Chef nominee in 2011 and 2012 and has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show and VH1 Big Morning Buzz.

Joe Campanale

Executive Beverage Director

Joe Campanale is beverage director and co-owner of dell'anima, L'Artusi, and Anfora in New York's West Village and of L'Apicio in the East Village. Campanale launched his career while still a student at New York University, earning school credit in the kitchen at Union Square Cafe and gaining deep wine knowledge at Italian Wine Merchants, the International Wine Center, and Vinifera Imports. He holds a master's degree in Food Studies from NYU. Campanale served as sommelier at Mario Batali's Babbo before opening dell'anima with the Thompsons and partner August Cardona. Campanale has received Certified Sommelier distinction from the Court of Master Sommeliers and was named one of the Top Sommeliers of 2013 by Food & Wine. He has appeared on NBC's Today Show, Rachael Ray and Martha Stewart, and hosts "In the Drink" on Heritage Radio Network.

August Cardona

Managing Partner

Mr. Cardona began his career in the Finance sector but an undeniable connection to the hospitality industry and a passion for food and wine led Mr. Cardona back to the food & beverage industry. Mr. Cardona spent several years at Italian Wine Merchants where he spearheaded several Marketing and Business Development initiatives. He opened his first restaurant, dell'anima, in October 2007 and, following its immediate success, he and his partners opened their second restaurant, L'Artusi, in December 2008. Mr. Cardona formed Epicurean Capital (“EpCap”) and Epicurean Management Company (“EMCo.”) in Q1 2009 before proceeding to open Anfora in May 2010, L'Apicio in October 2012, and Epicurean Events in September 2013. Mr. Cardona holds a B.S. in Business Management from Cornell University, with a concentration in Food Marketing. Mr. Cardona sits on the board of Wellness in the Schools and on the advisory boards of Greenwich House, Fourth Arts Block and the Food and Finance High School.

Private Dining

L'Apicio can accommodate private dining events for groups of up to 180 people, making us the perfect location for business dinners, social gatherings, celebrations and many other events. Our Private Dining Room can accommodate up to 35 people for a seated dinner. The entire restaurant is available for full buy-outs. Please inquire using the form.

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Events

Bravo Best New Restaurant

Feb. 27, 2015 9:37 a.m. - May 27, 2015 9:37 a.m.

We'll be one of 16 restaurant contestants on BRAVO's new competition series “Best New Restaurant." We're honored to be included and to be working with Tom Colicchio. Best New Restaurant premieres on January 21st at 10PM. Watch the trailer.